Halter



(No Model.)

- J. GLEISEB.

HALTER Patented Dec. 24,1889;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN GLEISER, OF MANILLA, IOWA.

HALTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,864, dated December24, 1889.

Application filed July 9, 1389. fierial No. 316,968- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN GLEISER, of Na nilla, in the county of Crawfordand State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Halter, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a halter of a cheaperconstruction than those in general use and of increased durability.

The invention consists of the novel details and combinations thereof,substantially as hereinafter describedand claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating my improved halter inposition on a horses head,and Fig. 2 is asimilar view of the halter onan enlarged scale.

In carrying out my invention I construct the halter with a single strapA, that forms the crown-piece a and the throat-latch or throat-piece a,the strap at its meeting ends being provided with a buckle-connection A,for enabling it to be made larger or smaller, as desired. A secondsingle strap B forms the nose-piece Z) and the jaw-piece b, the saidstrap being also provided at its ends with a buckle-connection B, foradjusting it as de sired.

To the straps A and Bare secured the plates 0, each having a verticalgroove 0, in which the straps A and B are received to lie flush with theinner faces of said plates. The projecting ends of the plates 0 areprovided with a cross-bar c, to which the cheek pieces or straps D D aresecured by passing the ends of the said straps around the saidcross-bars and returning the straps on themselves and riveting, asshown. This construction is without the usual rings or squares that jointhe several straps of a halter, whereby it may be manufactured morecheaply and will be of increased durability, as the said rings tend tocut the straps, owing to the continuous friction.

The bolt piece or link E, that unites the throat and jaw straps, is heldto the same by the rings (2, the rings being free to move sidewise onsaid straps. The said link is held to the rings by means of the metallicloops 6. The whole forms a construction of greater durability than theusual bolt-strap of ordinary haltcrs.

My improved halter may be made to fit the horse perfectly by adjustingthe straps; also, the crown will be always maintained in positioninstead of being liable to work back on the horses neck when the horsethrows back his head.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In a halter, the improved link E, provided with the metallic loops 6 anduniting the throat and jaw pieces of the halter through the medium ofthe sliding rings 6, in combination with the straps A B, the cheekpiecesD, and the fastener-plates O, uniting said cheek-pieces to the straps AB, all constructed and arranged as shown and described.

JOHN GLEISER.

Witnesses:

G. D. BROKAU, F. A. BENNETT.

